# Activate ZIP 68 and clarify ZIP 203 to facilitate Zcash Lightning and programmable locks **URL:** \ **Category:** Governance\ **Created:** [November 4, 2026, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/activate-zip-68-and-clarify-zip-203-to-facilitate-zcash-lightning-and-programmable-locks/58841 "2026-11-04T06:28:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![daira](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/daira/32/43253_2.png) [@daira](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/daira)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/activate-zip-68-and-clarify-zip-203-to-facilitate-zcash-lightning-and-programmable-locks/58841/12 "2026-11-05T02:08:52Z")
Yes I support ZIP 68 and ZIP 112 for a future upgrade after NU7. Clarifying ZIP 203 is just a spec bugfix, so yes I support that as well. (@strahncryptography: we fundamentally disagree on funding, but I don’t know why you would think that would affect my position on a completely unrelated protocol issue. 😕) > However, yes, it is a major point of concern that Zcash uses Consensus Branch IDs that MIGHT invalidate transactions across network upgrades. I do not support a change to the invalidation of transactions across network upgrades; that’s a required safety feature. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/activate-zip-68-and-clarify-zip-203-to-facilitate-zcash-lightning-and-programmable-locks/58841)._